A Nonpediatric Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma of the Pancreas: Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies by Binoy Yohannan, Mark Feldman

“…She was diagnosed with extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the pancreas and underwent multiagent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgical resection, but subsequent imaging revealed evidence of systemic disease progression. She chose to go on hospice care and died a few weeks later.…”
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Niosome Preparation Techniques and Structure—An Illustrated Review by Saeid Mezail Mawazi, Yi Ge, Riyanto Teguh Widodo

“…The current review examines the historical development of niosomes focusing on the methods of preparations and the contemporary strategies and prospective advancements within the realm of drug delivery systems, highlighting innovative approaches across transdermal, oral, and cellular delivery. …”
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The Role of Corporate Governance in Sustainability of Malaysian NGOs Operated Elderly Care Centres by Shafi Mohamad, N. Fadzlyn, Abdullah Abdulaziz Bawazir, Nik Hasfizul Hassan

“…This study can provide guidance to regulators in enhancing their regulatory framework so that it is more in line with the systems adopted by NGOs in other more developed countries. …”
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Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health by Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mark Tomlinson, Dallas Swendeman, Adabel Lee, Erynne Jones

“…Smartphones and smartphone proxy systems using simpler phones, equipped with the capabilities to identify location/time and link to the web, are increasingly available and likely to provide an excellent platform to support healthcare self-management, delivery, quality, and supervision. …”
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Effect of Bleaching and Thermocycling on Resin-Enamel Bond Strength by Horieh Moosavi, Hamideh Sadat Mohammadipour, Marjaneh Ghavamnasiri, Sanaz Alizadeh

“…Bleaching caused a significant degradation on shear bond strength of silorane-based resin composites that bonded using self-etch adhesive resin systems.…”
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Torque Differential-Based Dynamic Modeling, Validation, and Steering Characteristics Analysis of Multi-Axial Skid-Steered Wheeled Vehicle by Yuzheng Zhu, Shihua Yuan, Xueyuan Li, Ao Li, Xin Gao

“…Skid-steered technology has been widely applied to wheeled vehicles due to its advanced pivot steering capabilities and adaptable power transmission systems. To better understand the steering characteristics of skid-steered wheeled vehicles and derive general conclusions, a torque differential-based (TD-based) two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) dynamic model was developed. …”
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Application of Sustainability Criteria in Identifying Sites for Social Housing in Serbia by Tanja Njegić, Sanja Simonović Alfirević, Tijana Crnčević, Katarina Majhenšek

“…The proposed set of criteria and experience-based guidelines provide a contribution to the still-evolving methodology for the urban planning of social housing in Serbia, which could be adapted to related housing systems in the early stages of development.…”
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Comments and Illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine Guidelines: Benign Pleura Lesions (Benign Pleura Thickening, Lesions and Masses)—What... by Kathleen Möller, Tomas Maruskin, Michael Ludwig, Wolfgang Blank, Stephan Eisenmann, Christian Jenssen, Hajo Findeisen, Burkhard Möller, Christoph F. Dietrich

“…In detail, characteristics in TUS and CEUS are described for infectious/inflammatory pleural thickening (empyema, tuberculous pleuritis, hemothorax, fibrothorax), pleural thickening in various systemic diseases, in tumor-like conditions (plaques, splenosis, endometriosis, mesothelial cysts, lymphangiomatosis) and benign tumors (lipoma, benign SFT, schwannoma, solitary extramedullary/extraosseous plasmacytoma). …”
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Urban Island Modeling for Semi-Arid Cities: The Case of the City of Oujda by Djebbour Mounir, Sbai Abdelkader

“…It highlighted the importance of geographic information systems and remote sensing in studying climate changes and revealing the importance of vegetation cover in reducing this phenomenon.…”
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Applying fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to select models developed by abstraction and decision fusion architecture (case study: classification of Persian handwritten characters) by Mohammad Safaei, Somaye Moghari, Mohammad Kazem Fallah, Mehrdad Ghaznavi

“…Purpose: This research presents an application-oriented approach for developing machine learning models that consider the trade-off between model accuracy, processing speed, and efficient resource utilization, focusing on applications such as wearable smart systems.Methodology: A set of models is developed based on the Abstraction and Decision Fusion Architecture (ADFA), and then, using a multi-criteria decision-making approach, the appropriate models for the intended application are identified. …”
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Ocular Tuberculosis with Multiple Cerebral Abscesses by Saidin Nor-Masniwati, Embong Zunaina, Yaakub Azhany

“…Right fundus examination revealed a choroidal tuberculoma located at one disc diameter away from optic disc superiorly with mild vitritis. Systemic examinations revealed no significant finding. …”
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Oral Care of Hospitalised Older Patients in the Acute Medical Setting by Kathryn Salamone, Elaine Yacoub, Anne-Marie Mahoney, Karen-leigh Edward

“…As people age their susceptibility increases to chronic and life-threatening diseases, and they can be at increased risk of acute infections increases compromised by ageing immune systems. The aim of this literature review was to ignite the discussion related to the oral care practices of nurses for older acute medical hospitalised patients. …”
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Nuclear receptors in regulation of bile acids transport and metabolism by A. F. Sheptulina, Ye. N. Shirokova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Some adaptive processes including change of hepatocyte transport systems expression reduction of BA synthesis, activation of BA detoxication and elimination are upredgulated during cholestasis. …”
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FAHLORES FROM PORPHYRY Cu-(Mo) DEPOSITS OF THE URALS by O.Yu. Plotinskaya, E.V. Kovalchuk

“…This evidences relatively quiet deposition environment with no dramatic variations of PTx parameters which is rather typical for porphyry systems. Comparison with published data shows the tetrahedrite group minerals studied are similar to those from «transitional» subepithermal mineralization.…”
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Risk Factors for Refractory Diabetic Macular Oedema after Sub-Tenon’s Capsule Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection by Toshiyuki Oshitari, Yuta Kitamura, Sakiko Nonomura, Miyuki Arai, Yoko Takatsuna, Eiju Sato, Takayuki Baba, Shuichi Yamamoto

“…The age, sex, HbA1c level, best-corrected visual acuity, central macular thickness, insulin use, pioglitazone use, systemic hypertension, serous retinal detachment, proteinuria, panretinal photocoagulation, microaneurysm photocoagulation (MAPC), subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation (SMDLP), cataract surgery, and history of vitrectomy were examined by logistic regression analysis. …”
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Machine Learning-Driven Resilient Modulus Prediction for Flexible Pavements Across Mountainous and Other Regions by Rauf Ayesha, Asif Usama, Javed Muhammad Faisal

“…Accurate estimation of the elastic modulus (Mr) in the com- pacted subgrade soil is essential for the design of flexible pavement systems that are both reliable and environmentally friendly. …”
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Enhancing the robustness of block ciphers through a graphical S-box evolution scheme for secure multimedia applications by Abdul Razaq, Muhammad Mahboob Ahsan, Hanan Alolaiyan, Musheer Ahmad, Qin Xin

“…Block ciphers are essential for the secure exchange of data and communication, as they are one of the primary components of network security systems. Modern-day block ciphers are most significantly reliant on substitution-boxes (S-boxes). …”
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Gradient method for designing cascaded DOEs and its application in the problem of classifying handwritten digits by D.V. Soshnikov, L.L. Doskolovich, E.V. Byzov

“…The obtained results may find application in the development of diffractive neural networks and optical systems for laser beam focusing.…”
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Prompt injection attacks on vision language models in oncology by Jan Clusmann, Dyke Ferber, Isabella C. Wiest, Carolin V. Schneider, Titus J. Brinker, Sebastian Foersch, Daniel Truhn, Jakob Nikolas Kather

“…Abstract Vision-language artificial intelligence models (VLMs) possess medical knowledge and can be employed in healthcare in numerous ways, including as image interpreters, virtual scribes, and general decision support systems. However, here, we demonstrate that current VLMs applied to medical tasks exhibit a fundamental security flaw: they can be compromised by prompt injection attacks. …”
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Research on Improved YOLOv7 for Traffic Obstacle Detection by Yifan Yang, Song Cui, Xuan Xiang, Yuxing Bai, Liguo Zang, Hongshan Ding

“…This gap results in low accuracy and difficulties in recognizing occluded targets, thereby hindering the further development and widespread adoption of intelligent transportation systems. To address these issues, this paper proposes an improved algorithm based on YOLOv7, incorporating a lightweight coordinate attention mechanism to focus on small objects at long distances and capture target location information. …”
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